Macbeth: A Foreshadowing

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The Throne of Blood is a film that attempts to recreate Shakespeare's tragedy "Macbeth." This tale is one of greed, deception, and backstabbing traitors. It is the tale of a man prophesized to be king. Once king, he wants more and tries to get what he wants. However, his `trustworthy' friend stabs the king in the back and eventually dies himself. In the end, all that is left is a bunch of dead guys and a castle without a king; pretty tragic if you ask me. This scene begins with two samurai on horseback riding in and stopping at the edge of a forest. They have a conversation and then they ride on. After a little bit, they stop and talk again and conclude that they are lost. One of the samurai shoots an arrow into the tree tops and an evil spirit laughs at them. The two samurai ride on, sure that they can find their way to the castle. Soon they come across a small hut with an old man singing and spinning a loom. The old man proceeds to tell each samurai his future. When done the two samurai look at each other and the old man disappeared. Then two samurai, amazed that the old man is gone, tear down the back wall and walk through it. They turn around and the whole hut is gone now. The two samurai then get back on their horses and ride onwards. They then appear to get lost in some thick fog. As much as I would have enjoyed this scene without sound, I though that the sound that was put in made the scene just that much better. In general, the sounds were effective, and the music was good. The transition music in this scene was fast-paced, because the two samurai were shown galloping in the distance. When they run across the hut, they hear the old man singing. While the old man tells the two samurai their future, a soft and ominou... ... middle of paper ... ...y still, especially when the characters were talking. As the samurai were walking or riding, the camera panned left and right, and also tilted up and down a little bit in order to keep the characters in the middle of the shot. I did not notice any crane shots in this scene. The only zoom I noticed was a slight one when the two warriors first discovered the hut. This made you notice the hut and its significance. I thought the editing was good. It was very smooth in the sense that it didn't go from one scene to the next and back again. There were no fade, dissolve, or wipe transitions; just simple, solid, scenery changing transitions. I thought it was kind of ironic how you were always looking up at the samurai, getting a feeling that they are pure and honorable warriors, when at the same time, you have the feeling that they are going to cause their own downfall.

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